About the Local Offer

The Local Offer is a new way of giving children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) and their parents or carers information about what activities and support is available in the area where you live.

The Council for Disabled Children (CDC) have produced a video which provides information about what a Local Offer is. This can be viewed at the bottom of this page. You can also download the government’s guidance about the Local Offer using the link on the right of this page.

To find out more about Sheffield’s Local Offer you can read the explanation below or refer to the summary leaflet which is available to download.

The Local Offer is part of Sheffield's online directory for Children, Young People and families in Sheffield. This is our attempt to bring together helpful and useful information located in one easily searchable website and is accessible through smart phones and tablets.

It contains a wide range of information and services to support children and young people with special educational needs or disabilities. These include public services that are available within:

Education: nurseries, schools and colleges

Health: GPs, School Nurses, Pediatricians and Therapists

Social Care: short breaks, respite services and disability services.

Special support services: Educational Psychologists, Autism Team, Visual impairment Service, Hearing impaired and Deaf Service and Early Years/Portage Teams

It should also enable you to find out what support and services are available in the voluntary and private sectors, for example, from charities and disability groups, nurseries, youth clubs, to opportunities for children and young people who have additional needs to engage in a broad range of leisure activities.

Additional information will be available for young adults. The Sheffield Local Offer is intended to help you make informed choices about things that are important to you such as where to live; transport; social activities, work and training; and making the transition to adulthood.

The Local Offer is for parents and carers of children and young people with SEND, as well as the young people themselves.

It’s also a resource that individuals, groups or organisations can draw on in the work that they do in supporting children, young people and their families, by highlighting other resources, services or guidance that may be accessed.

It will make it easier to find out what you need to know and when you need to know it, so you’re less reliant on other people or word of mouth suggestions. Showing you the nearest and most suitable services, letting you give feedback, raise concerns or make a comment or complaint.

The information available contains information and links to organisations which may help you.

We are aware that some families in Sheffield may access services provided by other local authority areas. To help, this page provides some links to other Local Offers that are available by neighbouring authorities across South Yorkshire and Derbyshire. By clicking on the relevant link you will be taken into the Local Offer for the local authority you have chosen.

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